Alfred John Hill
# Alfred John Hill

Alfred John Hill CBE (1 January 1862–1 January 1927) was Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Stratford Works of the Great Eastern Railway from 1912 to 1922.

His best-known design is probably the GER Class L77 0-6-2 tank locomotive which was perpetuated (as Class N7) by Nigel Gresley of the London and North Eastern Railway after the 1923 grouping.

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours.

## Locomotive designs

* GER Class C72 (LNER Class J68 0-6-0T)
* GER Class B74 (LNER Class Y4 0-4-0T)
* GER Class L77 (LNER Class N7 0-6-2T)
* GER Class T77 (LNER Class J19 0-6-0)
* GER Class D81 (LNER Class J20 0-6-0)
* GER Class H88 (LNER Class D16 4-4-0)
* GER Class S69 (LNER Class B12 4-6-0)
